Brandenburg-class
Kaiser Fredrich III-class
Wittelsbach-class
Of the Kaiser Friedrich III-class pre dreadnought battleships consisting of the Kaiser Friedrich III, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser Karl der Grosse and Kaiser Barbarossa. Preceded by the Brandenburg-class and succeeded by the Wittelsbach-class. Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany under the contract name Ersatz Preussen with yard number 22 on 5 March 1895, launched on 1 July 1896, commissioned on 7 October 1898, modernized in 1908, coastal defence ship in 1915, prison ship after January 1915, stricken on 6 December 1919 and sold to ship breaking firm at Berlin, Germany and broken up at Kiel-Nordmole in 1920.
General technical class specifications
Displacement 11.097/10.922 long tons (standard)-11.785 tons/11.599 long tons (full load) and as dimension 125,x 2 20,4 x 7,89 metres or 411.1 x 66.11 x 25.11 feet. The 3-3 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines, 4 Thornycroft and 8 cylindrical boilers supplied 13.000 hp allowing a speed of 17,5 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 3.420 nautical miles. The crew numbered between 658-687 men. The armour consisted of a 14-30cm/5.9-11.8” thick belt, a 56,5cm/2.6” thick deck with the conning tower, gun turrets and casemates protected by respectively 25cm/9.8”, 25cm/9.8” and 15cm/5.9”. The original armament consisted of 2x2-24cm/9.4” 40 cal guns, 18-15cm/5.9” L/40 quick firing guns (6x1 and 12 in casemates), 12-8.8cm/3.5” L/30 quick firing guns, 12-1pd guns and 6-45cm/18” surfaced torpedo tubes.
